Ann’s Alterations & Tailoring at 3435 University Ave expanded into dry cleaning and laundry processing in 2000, creating a single-stop garment care operation in North Park. Brides purchasing gowns at Brides for a Cause on University Ave frequently bring their dresses here for structural alterations and bustle installation. The shop handles everything from suit tapering and military uniform modification to full wedding-dress reconstruction, including letting out seams, reshaping bodices, and adding custom bustle points. Finished garments that need pressing or stain treatment before an event move directly to on-site dry cleaning, and Fresh & Clean Laundry San Diego on El Cajon Blvd handles overflow wash-and-fold loads. The operation’s most demanding project is a complete wedding-dress redesign — taking in the bodice, resetting the hemline, and constructing a multi-point French bustle — with same-week dry-clean finishing.